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Speaker 1: James and Amanda jam Nation.

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Speaker 2: He's back, baby.

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Speaker 3: We could not be happier and here he is now

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Speaker 3: grand Hello.

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Speaker 1: Hey, my two favorite people in the world. How are you?

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Speaker 2: Is that true?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? I didn't say it to anyone else on radio

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Speaker 1: at all. I promise Grant.

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Speaker 3: It's so great that you're doing this. There have been

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Speaker 3: times where none of us have understood the rules. How

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Speaker 3: the rules going? Did you understand them instantly before you

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Speaker 3: took on the task?

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Speaker 1: I kind of. Look, I knew there's a bit of

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Speaker 1: pressure associated with it because it was on air for

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Speaker 1: I think eleven years in Australia before, and people remember

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Speaker 1: it very fondly. So therein lies the pressure to be

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Speaker 1: able to make it bigger and better and brighter and

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Speaker 1: shinier and more fun and dramatic and all the rest

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Speaker 1: of it. So look, it's a really simple game, so

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Speaker 1: it actually doesn't take much to get your head around,

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Speaker 1: because we try and make it as easy as possible

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Speaker 1: for really lovely Australians to win big amounts of money,

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Speaker 1: rather than trying to trip them up and make it harder.

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Speaker 1: So it didn't take me long at all. Basically, yell

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Speaker 1: out a number and hope there's a lot of money

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Speaker 1: in it.

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Speaker 2: Do you still have the girls with the briefcases?

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Speaker 1: We've dropped them? Jones, Yeah, the deal outs to Gonski

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Speaker 1: dealt me. Yeah, the deal. Let's it's so funny you

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Speaker 1: say that because everyone asked me the same question, but

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Speaker 1: it's yeah, I don't know. I didn't feel I didn't

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Speaker 1: feel like maybe in twenty twenty four, if we just

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Speaker 1: had a lot of you know, pretty models for standing

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Speaker 1: there with the wigs, whether that was kind of where

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Speaker 1: the world was at. And to be honest, I didn't.

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Speaker 1: I kind of didn't really want to risk, you know,

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Speaker 1: the potential backlash of being seen to be maybe a

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Speaker 1: bit dated. So we sort of modernized it. We've made

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Speaker 1: a little bit more, a bit more LUs, a little

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Speaker 1: bit more high end. And yeah, I'm really proud of

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Speaker 1: the product.

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Speaker 2: Megan Michael, I'm pretty sure.

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Speaker 1: Was a deal on I Do girl chip Mate, That's

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Speaker 1: where she got to start. And look, to be honest,

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Speaker 1: that's the only reason I said yes to this kid.

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Speaker 1: Just wanted to find myself for friends. They've happily ever

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Speaker 3: Castle and I know that it is a big deal

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Speaker 3: for you to provide great family entertainment. You do it

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Speaker 3: so brilliantly, but I know the toilet takes on you

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Speaker 3: being away from your family. I've seen on your socials

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Speaker 3: how hard it is to say goodbye to the kids

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Speaker 3: to go away for a stint of filming.

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Speaker 2: It's tough, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. You know, I've got three beautiful girls

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Speaker 1: who mean the world to me, and you know, when

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Speaker 1: you're through through the times when you aren't going you

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Speaker 1: know as well, and your career might not be flying,

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Speaker 1: you know, they're the ones that are there day in

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Speaker 1: day out, you know, making you feel like you're the

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Speaker 1: most important person in the world. So when you form

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Speaker 1: a really beautiful bond over something like Christmas, you know

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Speaker 1: what it's like. You know, during the year, we're very

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Speaker 1: focused on work and we're sort of we've torn away

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Speaker 1: and we're lucky to do what we do. But over

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Speaker 1: the Christmas break, you're just so close. You know, they

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Speaker 1: depend on you, and you're wrestling and you're cuddling lots,

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Speaker 1: and you're able to finally sort of help mum and

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Speaker 1: be there and be reliable making the meals and taking

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Speaker 1: them places. So when you go back to work, that's

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Speaker 1: a really tough bond to have to break, and there

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Speaker 1: are there were a lot of tears in the house

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Speaker 1: old and I was getting sent videos that was making

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Speaker 1: them a little heartbreak.

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Speaker 3: But it's hard because I haven't think that. I think, well,

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Speaker 3: I've had a big hit of family, I'll be ready

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Speaker 3: to go back to it. But I finally get suokier

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Speaker 3: when it's time to go back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree hundred percent with you. So what I

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Speaker 1: kind of did to soften the blow a little bit

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Speaker 1: because because we live in the country and I'm filming

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Speaker 1: in Melbourne, but I live in Baptist and I bring

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Speaker 1: them down so they come down to the studio and

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Speaker 1: they have a look, and they can jump on the

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Speaker 1: cameras and they can they can go up into the

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Speaker 1: control room and switch the cameras, and they can play

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Speaker 1: around on the floor and they hold the briefcases. And

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Speaker 1: then they sort of know what Dad does for a job.

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Speaker 1: So rather than just disappearing and you know, vanishing and

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Speaker 1: then reappearing in the home and dropping out of their lives,

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Speaker 1: at least they know what it looks like and when

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Speaker 1: you go to and what you do when you're there.

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Speaker 1: So hope, hopefully they're proud of their old man.

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Speaker 2: Maybe they could become a little deal or no deal.

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Speaker 1: Kids, you know, like that would be so cute.

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Speaker 2: There'd be like a modern day Von Trapp.

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Speaker 3: Family, and you can make sure they take all the

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Speaker 3: money home.

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Speaker 4: You can, girl, grab the green scot What are you

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Speaker 4: doing with that run?

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Speaker 2: What's that run?

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Speaker 4: But it's so good to see you back on TV.

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Speaker 4: And were you worried at a point when this job

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Speaker 4: came up? Were you thinking it's all over for me?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it had been quite a couple of years to

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Speaker 1: be on a certains so I was kind of thought,

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe my time's done. You know, I've been

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Speaker 1: really lucky. You know, I've had a great run and

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Speaker 1: hosted you know, lots of great shows and some of

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Speaker 1: them with you Aman, but you sort of, you know,

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Speaker 1: every every good run comes to an end at some point,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, I kind of thought that maybe maybe maybe

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Speaker 1: that was it. So I've dedicated life to television since

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Speaker 1: I was sixteen, and it's and it's kind of it's

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Speaker 1: made up the majority of my identity. So the idea

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Speaker 1: of letting that go was a pretty sobering and scary thought.

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Speaker 1: And then you know, along came this so which is

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Speaker 1: which is really nice, and I think tends anyone who's

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Speaker 1: not doing news at six o'clock now. So I think

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Speaker 1: for families who sort of don't want the death and

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Speaker 1: destruction of news in their household when they're making dinner

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Speaker 1: at nighttime, you know, you can come and watch us

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Speaker 1: and it's really family friends and it's just high vibe,

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Speaker 1: good energy and entertainment.

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Speaker 3: You're so good at it, Grant, you really are. It's like,

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Speaker 3: it's wonderful to watch you. Congratulates.

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Speaker 2: It's a nice bomb.

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Speaker 3: You are a bomb.

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Speaker 1: Oh bless you. Some of my best times. And Telly

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Speaker 1: was standing next to you in my love Thank.

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Speaker 4: Your Celebrity celembry name game. We nailed that, show mate.

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Speaker 1: Most of it made it to it.

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Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure there's a few episodes didn't. But I

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Speaker 4: love to check with my invoice book to see the

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Speaker 4: I got paid.

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Speaker 3: Well, let's not get into the world.

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Speaker 2: Was I paid or not?

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Speaker 4: I do it for the love, mate. It's always great

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Speaker 4: to see you bag on TV. The world is a

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Speaker 4: better place for a deal or no deal, six pm

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Speaker 4: tonight on Channel ten C g g D light up

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Speaker 4: the screen.

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Speaker 1: Love you guys, Thanks so much.

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Speaker 3: To love your family. Thanks Grant,